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Zac2018-05-09 22:33:502018-08-14 09:07:48Spring Lobby Day for CalBike & Our Sustainable Communities for All Coalition Partners
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Zac2018-04-27 22:34:202019-11-08 13:37:03Speed Limit Reform Update: Amendments Curb AB 2363’s Potential To Save Lives
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Zac2018-03-11 22:33:272018-08-14 09:05:29CalBike Endorses Mike Eng for SD 22
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Quick-Build Designs Improve Street Safety
/by Jared SanchezPhoto: Anne Thomas riding the “mousehole” bike lane through underpass on State Route 273. Quick-build methods are a cost-effective way to reconfigure streets for greater safety for people walking and biking. Placing parked cars or planter boxes between moving cars and bike riders is less expensive to design and install than a raised curb. Quick-build […]
CalBike Webinar: Improving our Communities with Slow Streets
/by Kendra RamseyThe Slow Streets movement wasn’t new when the pandemic hit in 2020. Berkeley had restricted traffic on neighborhood streets that became bike boulevards decades earlier. But the sudden demand for safe space to walk and bike when everyone was staying home fueled a surge in Slow Streets. Slow Streets are shared spaces where only local […]
Nine Uses for Daylighting Space
/by Kendra RamseyCalifornia’s new daylighting law prohibits parking within 20 feet of the approach to most crosswalks, creating greater visibility to reduce conflicts between people driving cars and people walking or biking across the street. The law allows communities to ticket people parked in that space, regardless of whether the curb is painted red or there is […]
California Walks and CalBike Call on Cities to Implement Daylighting to Save Lives
/by Laura McCamyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Published simultaneously with California Walks. Contact: Kendra Ramsey, CalBike, 707-469-3387, kendra@calbike.org Kevin Shin, California Walks, 562-248-6371, kevin@calwalks.org In 2023, AB 413, Assemblymember Alex Lee’s Daylighting to Save Lives Bill, passed in Sacramento, making California the 43rd state to prohibit parking approaching intersections to increase visibility of pedestrians and bicyclists. CalBike and California […]
California’s Transportation Spending Has the Wrong Priorities
/by Jared SanchezFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org, 714-262-0921 Sacramento — CalBike is disappointed to see no increase in funding for active transportation in Governor Gavin Newsom’s May revise. As it has become clear there will be no leadership from Washington on climate change, active transportation, and safe streets, it’s more imperative that California step up […]
E-Bike Purchase Incentives FAQs
/by Laura McCamyCalifornia’s E-Bike Purchase Incentive Project is distributing vouchers in a series of application windows. We will post upcoming application windows here and on our e-bike campaign page. Pedal Ahead, the administrator of this program for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has published its own FAQs. Note: We update these FAQs as new information becomes […]
Bike Riders’ Right to Safe Streets Tested in Court
/by Kendra RamseyThe question of whether municipalities have a responsibility to maintain safe streets without hazards that could injure people riding bikes has been raised in California recently. CalBike joined an amicus brief in a court case that could have let cities off the hook if injured bike riders had signed a third-party waiver. Thankfully, the California […]
My Mother Rode a Bike
/by Kendra RamseyOne of the constants growing up, as far back as I can recall, was my mother’s silver bicycle. It was a well-loved road bike from the 1970s, with black handlebar tape, tan leather toe cages, and a set of panniers. It still lives in my garage. It holds so many memories, I can’t part with […]
Fate of Quick-Build and Bike Highways in Suspense
/by Jared SanchezCalBike’s two priority bills will likely end up in the Suspense File in the Assembly Appropriations Committee shortly because both have price tags that require scrutiny in Appropriations. The Quick-Build Bill (AB 891, Zbur) provides Caltrans with an opportunity to incorporate quick-build methods, thereby improving safety for vulnerable road users. The Bike Highways Bill (AB […]
Inside the Black Box of Appropriations
/by Jared SanchezThis post was originally published on May 10, 2023. It was updated on April 30, 2025. In May, California’s appropriations committees wield their influence in the legislative process, as the state’s budget begins to come into focus. Appropriations committees in both the Senate and Assembly have outsize power and can affect the passage of a […]
NYBC: Bicycle Programs Are the New Student Movement
/by CalBike StaffThis guest post was written by Joshua from the National Youth Bike Council. Learn more about this youth-led group. The latest movement started by post-secondary students has an unorthodox approach: on-campus bicycle programs, offering DIY repair space, repair services, or bike rentals. Imagine a dedicated space on campus that is open to students in the […]
Building an Alliance Between Firefighters and Street Safety Advocates
/by Laura McCamyBike and pedestrian safety advocates, including CalBike, were disappointed by the introduction of the Increase Fire Department Authority Bill (AB 612) by Assemblymember Chris Rogers. The bill gives greater veto power to fire departments, which sometimes oppose new bikeways on the basis that they could impede firefighting and EMS operations and potentially slow response times. […]